Not just Latinos are getting harassed in Arizona--now they play cowboys and Injuns

[DFW]

A good friend of ours has studied the Hopi culture for decades, and is one of the few white people
accepted as a near cultural equal on one of their reservations in Arizona there. She has been friends
with the tribe for over 35 years now.

On a recent visit to the reservation, an invasion force of paramilitary showed up in full combat
gear with helicopters and huge off-road vehicles that tore up the desert landscape.

And what was our valiant government looking for? One or two tribe members who may or may not have
come from south of the border? They didn't know.

If they loosed this kind of force every time they suspected a Taliban fighter in every nook and
cranny of Afghanistan, the Taliban would have ceased to exist long ago.

Instead, they choose to descend on Hopi reservations in Arizona. It may be safer for CBP to play
Cowboys and Injuns, but it's not very efficient, not very effective, and certainly isn't providing
feathers in the cap of any present or future governors of Arizona that I can tell. From the apparent
lack of publicity (at least anywhere I have seen), no one seems to be making a big deal of it from
the government side, either. Considering how much success their big invasion force of the Hopi
reservation netted, it seems that whoever ordered the raid isn't too proud of their "mission
accomplished." As indeed they shouldn't be.

[dhill926]

1. what has this country become?...............n/t

[marmar]

2. America is beginning to resemble Britain in "Children of Men"

nt

[enki23]

3. from my memories of the short time I spent in the Navajo nation, they never stopped.

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[DFW]

4. Yes, I'm sure the Hopi are not the only tribe to receive this "honor" n/t

[panader0]

5. I live in southern Arizona

About 15 miles from the border. I have seen for 30 years the influx of "illegals" from the border. I have seen ( and this was the worst) the group of Minutemen a year ago, from other states, with their flags and coolers and binoculars, but I must say, NOTHING has changed around here. It's border patrol as usual, traffic stops on the way to Tucson (which I hate), no sudden influx of immigrants. A lot of BS out there. The new "law" changed nothing, except media coverage.

[jwirr]

6. Wonder if President Obama is aware of the fact that if he allows the

state to use military units against Native Americans he can lose their vote in the next elections? He had better do something to stop this NOW. One sure thing is that Native Americans stick together on issues that involve their sovereignty and this is one of them.